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Five Years Ago, John's Age Was Half of The Age He Will Be in 8 Years. How Old Is He Now?

This document provides an overview of how to solve age problems involving more than one person. It recommends setting up a table with the names/relationships and their current and future ages as variables. Two examples are worked through step-by-step: one where John is twice Peter's age and Peter is 5 years older than Alice, and their future ages satisfy an equation; the other where John's father is 5 times John's age, John is twice Alice's age, and their future total age is given. The method of setting up tables and writing equations between the future ages is demonstrated.

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Five Years Ago, John's Age Was Half of The Age He Will Be in 8 Years. How Old Is He Now?

This document provides an overview of how to solve age problems involving more than one person. It recommends setting up a table with the names/relationships and their current and future ages as variables. Two examples are worked through step-by-step: one where John is twice Peter's age and Peter is 5 years older than Alice, and their future ages satisfy an equation; the other where John's father is 5 times John's age, John is twice Alice's age, and their future total age is given. The method of setting up tables and writing equations between the future ages is demonstrated.

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Five years ago, John’s age was half of the age he will

be in 8 years. How old is he now?

Ten years from now, Orlando will be three


times older than he is today. What is his current
age?
In 20 years, Kayleen will be four times older than she
is today. What is her current age?
John is twice as old as his friend Peter. Peter is 5
years older than Alice. In 5 years, John will be three
times as old as Alice. How old is Peter now?
John is twice as old as his friend Peter. Peter is 5
years older than Alice. In 5 years, John will be three
times as old as Alice. How old is Peter now?
How To Solve Age Problems Involving More Than One Person?

Example:
John is twice as old as his friend Peter. Peter is 5 years older than Alice. In 5
years, John will be three times as old as Alice. How old is Peter now?

Solution:
Step 1: Set up a table.

age now age in 5 yrs


John
Peter
Alice

Step 2: Fill in the table with information given in the question.


John is twice as old as his friend Peter. Peter is 5 years older than Alice. In 5
years, John will be three times as old as Alice. How old is Peter now?

Let x be Peter’s age now. Add 5 to get the ages in 5 yrs.

age now age in 5 yrs


John 2x 2x + 5
Peter x x+5
Alice x–5 x–5+5

Write the new relationship in an equation using the ages in 5 yrs.

In 5 years, John will be three times as old as Alice.

2x + 5 = 3(x – 5 + 5)
2x + 5 = 3x

Isolate variable x
x=5
Answer: Peter is now 5 years old.

Example:
John’s father is 5 times older than John and John is twice as old as his sister
Alice. In two years time, the sum of their ages will be 58. How old is John now?

Solution:
Step 1: Set up a table.

age now age in 2 yrs


John’s father
John
Alice

Step 2: Fill in the table with information given in the question.


John’s father is 5 times older than John and John is twice as old as his sister
Alice. In two years time, the sum of their ages will be 58. How old is John now?

Let x be John’s age now. Add 2 to get the ages in 2 yrs.

age now age in 2 yrs


John’s father 5x 5x + 2
John x x+2

Alice

Write the new relationship in an equation using the ages in 2 yrs.

In two years time, the sum of their ages will be 58.


Answer: John is now 8 years old.

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